Air Raid SirensDuring a 60-second air raid siren-Pompeii becomes the norm of society.With an eruption,fire flashes across the sky,bringing shopping bags to concrete,crawling traffic to stopand bustling streets to be abandoned for shelters,where huddling neighbors meet.boom-BOom-BOOM!Up above.During a 60-second air raid siren-people left outside lie flat on the ground,while the foundation of the city shakes.AContinue reading “Air Raid Sirens. A poem by Michael Roque”
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5 poems by Patrick Connors
TeenagerLook out the wind-blown windowThrough the evergreen tree gone bareSun unseen lights the grey skyOf air so cold even time is slowedUntil a bitter, vengeful gustThreatens to take down the treeThe snow-covered roof of the house – All which is on the horizon;Try to sink deeper under the coversAnd feel secure in knowing thisIs theContinue reading “5 poems by Patrick Connors”
Call for Manuscripts on Health and Mental Health ~ Final issue of WordCity Literary Journal
From the desk of managing editor, Darcie Friesen Hossack: With a mixture of gratitude and no small amount of team sorrow, we announce our final issue of WordCity Literary Journal. As readers and contributors to our journal might imagine, an all-volunteer project like WordCity is an immense undertaking. For my part, as managing editor, carryingContinue reading “Call for Manuscripts on Health and Mental Health ~ Final issue of WordCity Literary Journal”
Table of Contents. WordCity Literary Journal. Winter 2024
Letter from the Editor. Darcie Friesen Hossack Fiction. Edited by Sylvia Petter Reckless. by William Cass Dad’s Work. by Maria Saba Non-fiction. Edited by Olga Stein Conversation. Olga Stein and Yahia Lababidi Woman, Life, Freedom: Reflections on the Anthology and on Activism in the Arts.by Cy Strom Literary Spotlight. Lisa Pasold in Conversation with SueContinue reading “Table of Contents. WordCity Literary Journal. Winter 2024”
WordCity Literary Journal. Winter 2024
©®| All rights to the content of this journal remain with WordCity Literary Journal and its contributing artists. Table of Contents Letter from the Editor. Darcie Friesen Hossack Another child is dying in Gaza as I type. Another one now. And now. And now. A mother slides into the blood of what’s left of herContinue reading “WordCity Literary Journal. Winter 2024”
Winter 2024. Letter from the Editor. Darcie Friesen Hossack
Another child is dying in Gaza as I type. Another one now. And now. And now. A mother slides into the blood of what’s left of her son, her daughter, and picks up a severed hand to hold, one last time. A father gathers the pieces of his children into a Ziploc bag so theyContinue reading “Winter 2024. Letter from the Editor. Darcie Friesen Hossack”
Reckless. Fiction by William Cass
Reckless When I was a little boy, I lived for a short time with my uncle’s family while my mom, his younger sister, spent a stint in rehab. He had a big house on a lake in a wealthy enclave of Detroit and stayed home most of the time, so I was never sure whatContinue reading “Reckless. Fiction by William Cass”
Dad’s Work. A short story by Maria Saba
My mother sews. She buys yards and yards of white fabric, cuts them into long pieces, which she stiches together to make large sacks. Once, when she was out, I went into one and rolled around on the floor. I couldn’t see her coming because I was inside the sack. I heard her scream andContinue reading “Dad’s Work. A short story by Maria Saba”
Conversation. Olga Stein and Yahia Lababidi
Conversation He who fights monsters should see to it that, in the process, he does not become a monster. — Nietzsche Open Letter To Israel By Yahia Lababidi Tell me, what steel entered your heart, what fear made you rabid, what hate drove out pity? How could you forget that how we fightContinue reading “Conversation. Olga Stein and Yahia Lababidi”
Woman, Life, Freedom: Reflections on the Anthology and on Activism in the Arts. By Cy Strom
Woman, Life, Freedom: Poems for the Iranian Revolution Reflections on the Anthology and on Activism in the Arts I have been thinking for a time of what I’m about to say from an outsider’s perspective. Well, the world is small enough to make all of us insiders. This is another insider’s perspective. Iran is onContinue reading “Woman, Life, Freedom: Reflections on the Anthology and on Activism in the Arts. By Cy Strom”
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